You may remember that last month I did a curtain-raiser on the Jet Blue flight attendants’ union organizing campaign vote (Episode 74). Yesterday, the vote came in—and the workers crushed …
Episode 77: The Man Who Will Beat Ted Cruz; A Teacher Can’t Pay For Food; GOP Tax Fraud
Beto. He’s the guy who will send Ted Cruz into retirement. I talk with Beto O’Rourke while he’s out driving on the campaign trail in Texas. Have you tried to …
Episode 76: Oklahoma Uprising, Secrets of the NY Fed, Colorado Progressive On the March
Now it’s the turn of teachers in Oklahoma to rise up. I chat with Alicia Priest, the president of the Oklahoma Education Association, and Jennifer Thornton, a third-grade teacher in Tulsa, after …
Episode 75: Stealing Tips, Not! Big Airport Wage Hike, Yes! Texas Going Blue in 32nd?
The gall of greedy employers never seems to end, right? This time it shows up in the restaurant biz where the other NRA—the National Restaurant Association–was trying to get …
Episode 74: Is Betsy Devos Really This Dumb? Jet Blue Gonna Go Union
Betsy Devos has already shown herself to be entirely unqualified to be running the Department of Education. I add on to what we already know with a look at how …
Episode 73: West Virginia Teachers Walk The Line; Climate Change Gets Real in Washington State; Hawaii Progressive Runs
Nine days striking isn’t the longest walk-out you will see. But, when you do that in defiance of the law, whoa, now that’s showing some spine. I kick off the …
Episode 72: Political Road Trip Through Kansas, Illinois & California
I continue my deep-dive series interviewing scores of progressives candidates running all across the country with three new segments with three Congressional candidates: James Thompson in Kansas, David Gill in …
Episode 71: Scurrying About–The Cockroaches In The Axis of Bigots-Supreme Court Justices-Greedy Billionaires
The attacks against public sector unions—an attack on all working people—reached their legal pinnacle Monday when the Supreme Court heard the case, Janus v. AFSCME. But, something else is exposed …
Episode 70: Forget ISIS. Amazon Is The (Economic) Terrorist To Fear
ISIS poses virtually no threat to you in your home. The same can’t be said for Amazon. Amazon really is an economic terrorist. That’s what I spend most of the …
Episode 69: A 28 Hour Work Week? Plus: Progressive Candidates Running in California and North Carolina.
In Germany, the most powerful union in the country just secured the rights of workers to opt for a—get this!–28-hour workweek. I give us the details. And, then, I talk …